Model comparison
Olmo 7b Instruct vs Qwen3 8B
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3 8B leads 34.9 to 30.2.
Side by side
| Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.3 | 33.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 8B leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1016 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Olmo 7b Instruct leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 993 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Qwen3 8B leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1018 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 977 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1014 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 947 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 978 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 990 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1007 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Olmo 7b Instruct or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Qwen3 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen3 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.